![]() ![]() The queen clip keeps the queen from flying away This way, the worker bees will go into the hive where we place the queen. We catch the queen in this clip (which keeps her from flying away) and then attache the clip to a bar with rubber bands. Shouts of joy were heard throughout the neighborhood After a while, she quietly and matter-of-factly said simply, “I see her.” Then she calmly removed her queen clip from the pocket of her shirt and collected the queen in it.Ĭapturing the queen guarantees the removal’s success because all the other bees will follow the queen’s pheromones…there is no more chaos or indecision. On this job, Nicola took responsibility for cutting and removing the bee-laden comb from its original location. It’s not easy to spot the queen in the chaos of a bee removal, Reader, but we’ve become rather adept at it. Liz Tilton assess each comb to determine its place in the new hive box We determine where each comb should go in its new hive…and we also always always keep a sharp eye out for the queen. ![]() Once we’ve exposed the hive and accessed the comb and bees, we begin removing one comb at a time. And she does it with such glee and energy that she fills me with glee and energy, too. She will dig her arms deep into dark and mysterious bee- and honey-filled cavities. She will scamper onto a roof or shinny up the scaffolding. You know, Reader, I have to tell you how much I love working with Nicola Mason. The comb heavy with honey and brood and bees, however, collapsed into the soft insulation. We flipped the chipboard with much of the empty comb still attached. His careful work paid off once the bees were gone and it was time to replace all the parts…the reconstruction took much less time than the deconstruction, and now the space looks as if neither we nor the bees were ever there. Terry worked methodically and thoughtfully to expose the hive without destroying the existing structure. Terry Evans-who works for Jerry Hof, our brilliant contractor-removed the shingles, the siding, and the chipboard in order to access the hive. Now the family wants to utilize their second-story deck, and the bees make it difficult for them to relax there. But because the hive is on the second floor, the bees weren’t a problem until the homeowners built a two-tiered deck. Two years ago, the homeowners who hired us watched as a swarm of honeybees moved into their roof through this gap. And because it’s been an long and vicious winter since our last one, I thought it might perk you up to see our happy team at work together on a roof. It was a beautiful day for a bee removal, Reader.
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